Campbellsville Middle School students Paige Dabney, Kathryn Doss and Kenzie Murrell and Taylor County Middle School student Korri Briggs have graduated from The Center for Rural Development's 2012 Rogers Explorers youth leadership program.

The students put their math, science and technology skills to work this summer attending the opening session of the Rogers Explorers program from June 3-5 on the Lindsey Wilson College campus in Columbia.

Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees in Taylor County beginning Thursday and continuing through Monday.

Acccording to the Campbellsville/Taylor County E-911 Center, the heat, when combined with critically low relative humidities, west winds at 10 to 15 mph and dry vegetation, can cause outdoor fire hazards.

A Campbellsville man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl.

Nathan Jay Bradshaw, 24, of 420 Kenny St., was indicted last August by a Taylor County grand jury and charged with first-degree sexual abuse of a girl younger than 12 and being a second-degree persistent felony offender.

Bradshaw appeared before Taylor Circuit Court Judge Dan Kelly in March and entered a guilty plea to first-degree sexual abuse. The persistent felony offender charge was dismissed.

The Alexander Hamilton Award annually recognizes an outstanding Army National Guard Field Artillery Battery for superb mission accomplishment and overall unit excellence. This year the 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery received the award for the second straight year. Bravo Battery is located in Campbellsville.

The Campbellsville man who allegedly assaulted a Taylor Cou-nty Sheriff’s deputy after a standoff has been indicted on assault and sex crime charges.

Kenneth L. Agee, 46, of 665 W. Martin Road, was indicted last Tuesday by a Taylor County grand jury.

Agee was charged with third-degree assault, attempted first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor younger than 16, promoting a sexual performance by a minor younger than 16, resisting arrest and being a first-degree persistent felony offender.